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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1968
Page
5
A compiled church calendar notes Sunday school and worship times for multiple congregations including Christian Tabernacle, Associate Presbyterian, Lutheran Good Shepherd, Latter-day Saints, Nazarene, American Lutheran, Assembly of God, and others. It lists pastors, service times, special Christmas programs, cantatas, baptisms, and weekday activities across several locations.
Christmas program notes include a cantata All Folk On Earth Do Sing with solos by Peggy Kephart Buffington Wagner Peterson. Morning worship at 9 30 and 10 45 services, evening 7 with Sunday school program. Christmas Eve candlelight and communion 8 p.m. led by Pastor Richard A Peterson and Clarence W Dehne with assistant J Dales Buchanan.
Mrs. Ernest Lund presided at Naomi Chapter No. 185 Order of Eastern Star in the Masonic Hall as officers were elected for 1969. Named were Mrs. M. E. Ehrenfelt Jr as worthy matron and Stanley Mouser as worthy patron, with several other officers chosen. A joint installation with Masons and families set for January 4 with a 6 30 p m supper. Additional notes cover social events, visits, and holiday gatherings within the community.
Washington Toastmasters will not meet for two weeks due to the holiday season but plan a ladies night program in January. At last night’s meeting Frank Patterson was toastmaster and Howard Lanning table topics chairman. Five minute speeches by David Miksch The Joys of Christmas Shopping and John Lemmon Sensitivity Training. AMSTERDAM (UPI) The Dutch consume about 75 million cakes yearly, averaging 21 per family, with 30 million home baked.
A long list of rural church services and pastors is given with worship times, Sunday school, youth groups, and special programs. Names include Vernon Roth Arthur Peters Rev F A Richardson Ray Van Engen W F Boeckmann Jerry Richards Charles Hobanks Gordon Packard W H Ross Rev Fetterman Otto S Steele Harold Thomas Earl E Streuf fler Mar lin Rasmussen Fern Cliff Axel Gummeson among many others with times from 7 a m to 11 a m and special Christmas and midweek programs.
A nostalgic family Christmas scene unfolds as a child recalls opening a large cardboard manger, siblings gathered around, and a father reading by a candlelit fire. Amid a world of war and pain, the family thanks God for the birthday of a king in church and home. The piece blends warm memory with faith and seasonal imagery.
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